(cover image: VW Noce Concept by Matteo De Petris, Tibor Juhasz, Marco Soldi, Inon Rozen)

The presentation of the final projects by the 2006-2007 students of Transportation Design at Turin-based IAAD (Istituto di Arte Applicata e Design) took place at the Autoeco event (7-9 September 2007).

IAAD - Volkswagen Project

Greenwheels - Urban Car Design project

The brief was to create a new concept for urban mobility, facing its well-known problems such as pollution, lack of parking spaces, and the current engine displacements, too large compared to the actual requirements in terms of performaces and distances.

The project integrates form and function, in an "ethical process" that promotes alternative fuels - like hydrogen.

The result is a four-wheels compact vehicle tailored to the needs of urban mobility, easy to assembly and to maintain.

The aim was to combine practocity and low-costs of scooters with safety and driving-fun of a city car.

The project was supervised by Simon Grand (Transportation Design department coordinator at IAAD) and Flavio Manzoni (Head of Creative Design Volkswagen Group).

Three by Albero Agnari, Alessandro Pili	Noce by Matteo De Petris, Tibor Juhasz, Marco Soldi, Inon Rozen	Trix by Fabio Ricupero, Francesco Manca

IAAD - Piaggio Project

Greenwheels - Scooter Design project

The project is targeted to small cities and inhabitants, who needs a short range vehicle. The brief was to take into account safety, load capacity, cost, innovation and respect for the environment.

Te project was supervised by Simon Grand, Marco Lambri (Head of Piaggio Design) and Giorgio Neri (Marketing and Product Manager).

The students' works are showcased by the extensive image gallery hosted by Virtual Car.

(Source: IAAD, Virtual Car)